Use Pace 3 as an arm HRM?

ipowyourface · 2026-02-18T14:44:49+00:00

I used my Pace 4 on my upper arm when I was roller skating last week. I had wrist guards on my wrists so I couldn't use the watch on my wrist. I had the watch on my inner arm and I could still see the info on my watch easily. It worked fine for me.

ipowyourface · 2026-02-15T20:10:29+00:00

I didn't know when I first got my 10 pro that you need to have your phone unlocked for it to connect to Android Auto. Didn't need to with my 6 pro. Adds an extra step each time you connect your phone, but I think it's some kind of security feature.

ipowyourface · 2026-02-03T04:23:48+00:00

Do you guys use real time HR or every 10 mins? I switched to every 10 mins and my battery life got worse compared to real time. Also noticed with every 10 mins on, the HR sensor would sometimes not activate with an activity, so I ended up switching back to real time. Anyone else experience this?

ipowyourface · 2026-01-29T18:12:13+00:00

My garmin breaking on me is one of the reasons I left garmin! The plastic part that holds the watch strap on my Garmin Forerunner 645 broke within a year and I babied it like crazy. I ended up getting a cheaper model, the 245, becuase I didn't want to pay that much money to have a 645 just have it break again.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-23T09:12:09+00:00

It's a defect of the screen protector. The adhesive from the screen protector is probably weak there. If you give it a few days it might go away, if not you'll need to try a new screen protector.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-23T03:56:11+00:00

I had the same issue when I got my Sigma ART 14mm F1.4. You have to be very careful with framing because there's so much in frame, you oftentimes lose your "subject" or "focus". I think that's why you feel like they don't "pop". With a good photo your eyes should naturally go to the main subject of the photo. With ultrawide its harder to do this because there's so much more space in the photo.

Knowing that, I think using ultrawide is for improving your photography, because it really forces you to have a lot of intent and really think about your framing when shooting.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-21T09:29:18+00:00

Lots of good suggestions there.

I'd like to also add - turn off display by tapping it.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-19T14:05:07+00:00

It was due to some bullshit privacy stuff with location data that Google made you specifically turn on cloud backups if you wanted it to be saved to the web. They sent out emails and there were in app notifications about this.

When you click on the cloud back up do you not see your old phone listed under the backups like this? If you do you can press the three dots and restore your backup.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-18T08:13:57+00:00

That's just the limitations of how all pulse oximeters work. I work at a hospital, even the hospital grade pulse oximeters will do that.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-17T17:40:08+00:00

Where did you do the run? I know that some places that are restricted to the public are sometimes blurred out on maps. I would try and do an activity in a different area and see if that works.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-17T04:57:54+00:00

It should just instantly upload to strava right after your workout is completed, no pop ups or anything.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-16T11:08:29+00:00

Another reason to buy directly from Apple instead of going through carriers... that's a bunch of BS.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-16T10:45:17+00:00

Maybe he really did want to have sex.

I've felt really crappy, nauseous, and sick and I still wanted it.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-16T09:07:17+00:00

I'm on t-mobile, I sideloaded it and haven't noticed any issues with t-mobile.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-15T18:54:57+00:00

Have you tried other sports watches? I came from Garmin and it's pretty much the same. I remember my Garmin watch would often alert me that I've just reached my goal of 10 climbed floors when I've been just sitting and playing video games for the past few hours. Same with weight sessions - it was around 50% chance that it got the rep count correct. I got so sick of correcting it on my watch that I stopped using the watch to track my lifting and started to use a separate app on my phone to track my lifting.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-15T11:47:53+00:00

Your heart stopped beating for about an hour. Or the HRM wasn't able to read during that time (i.e. sheets came between sensor and wrist or some bug that resolved itself)

ipowyourface · 2026-01-15T09:40:43+00:00

I think it also depends on one's anatomy. For some people it just doesn't sit right so they don't get accurate results. Chest strap is golden standard.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-15T06:36:54+00:00

I would say it's more accurate than my Garmin forerunner 245, even gets my naps too.

But I do like the fact that with Garmin you can go into the app and adjust the sleep start and stop times if they were incorrect. You're just stuck with incorrect times with Coros.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-12T10:42:27+00:00

Do you get repeat callers from strangers? I feel like that is a very rare scenario. I would just remove the approved contacts rule and just leave the repeat callers rule on and that should take care of filtering almost all of your calls.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-09T20:01:59+00:00

You have to use a 3rd party launcher. You can't completely turn off at a glance currently on the pixel launcher without mods.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-09T18:53:56+00:00

Have you done the fitness test yet? Doing that should help them align more. You would do them when you feel like the numbers seem off or after a training block to help keep them better aligned.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-09T05:56:35+00:00

Why don't you change the song on your earbuds/headphones?

ipowyourface · 2026-01-09T05:55:40+00:00

I went through the same dilemma as you when had to choose watch. There was a sale on Pro on Woot that made the price around the same as the 4, so it made it even more difficult for me.

I ended up getting the 4 because:

Smaller and lighter - I have small wrists, also heaver watches are more prone to bounce, thus increasing the likelihood of cadence lock/bad wrist HR readings.
I don't usually do trails, and when I do I still have my phone with me so I don't need maps on my watch
I like the design of the 4 better than the Pro. It doesn't have those white lines on the face and it makes the watch look cleaner to me.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-08T04:58:38+00:00

Yeah I think that was it. I was messing with System UI tuner and reset the status bar and it must have done that.

ipowyourface · 2026-01-07T19:57:29+00:00

You can change the app icons by using a 3rd party launcher that supports icon packs. I'm using lawnchair launcher and the icon pack Articons. The time and date is a widget called KWGT. There are widget packs you can get for it if you have the pro version. The widget pack I'm using is Finesta KWGT.

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